| US 7,596,401 B2 | ||
| Method for expanding the domain of imaging software in a diagnostic work-up | ||
| David F. Yankelevitz, Brooklyn, N.Y. (US); Anthony P. Reeves, Ithaca, N.Y. (US); and Claudia Ingrid Henschke, New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/377,031. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/662190, filed on Mar. 16, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0239544 A1, Oct. 26, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 600—407 [382/128] | 14 Claims |
| 1. An automated method for expanding the domain of imaging software in a diagnostic work-up, the method comprising the steps
of:
imaging a patient's body parts for a first condition using a first imaging technique directed to a first condition;
acquiring additional data from the first imaging technique for a second condition by scanning an expanded field of view to
reconstruct body parts other than body parts presenting the first condition;
acquiring known patient risk factors further indicating the second condition;
compensating for differences in accuracy between the first imaging technique directed to the first condition and a second
imaging technique directed to testing for the second condition by using a computer processor to generate a set of measures;
placing a range and confidence interval around the set of measures using adaptive software; and
evaluating for a second condition using the set of measures and the known patient risk factors.
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